Amusement device



Aug. 5, 1924; 1,503,548 Cf O. MOYER AMUsl-:MENT DEVICE Filed March 1B, 1922 s' sheets-sheer l Amig. 5, 1924.

1,503,548 c. o. MOYER v AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed March 1a, i922 s sheets-sheet 5 @j nnen-Foz.

Patented Aug. 5, 1924. p

UNITED STATES l y 1,503,548 PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES O. MOYER, 0F LOCK HAVE-N, PENNSYLVANIA.

AMSEMENT nnvron.

Application filed March 18, 192,2. Serial No. 544,774..

To all 'whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that CHARLES O. MOY-ER, a citizen of the. United States of America, residing at Lock Haven, in the county 'of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania, has invented new and useful Improvements in" Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification,

The object of the invention is to provide an amusement device belonging to the gen-l eral type of carrousels but having unique features of construction providing for an operation which can be effected manually or without the use of power and which will in'- `volv'e a novelty in motion by reason of an alternately reversed rotation or direction of rotation accompanied by a vertical or up and down reciprocatory movement; vand with this object in view the invention consists in Figure 4 is a detail sectional View of aportion of the car.

Figure 5 is a detail view of the upper end of the mast showing the mounting thereof. t Y

Figure 6 is a detail View of the means for imparting rotary motion to the mast.

Figure 7 is a detail sectional viewrof the cushioning device whereby the upward VYmovement of the car is limited.

The apparatus consists essentially of a base 10 preferably having an elevated platform A11 accessible by steps 12, a revoluble mast 13 mounted at its lower end in a step bear- A ing 111 and at its upper end in a cap bearing 15, suitable guy-ropes or cables 16 being extended from the cap to anchor `pins 17 at a convenient distance from the platform, a

car 18 revolubly mounted on theV mast and VhavingV a sleeve 19 embracing the saine for rotary and sliding movement, said car being suspended from a head 2OV carried by the mast near its upper Vend by cables 21,and means for imparting rotary movement to the mast.

Preferably the step and cap bearings for the mast are of the anti-friction or ball bearing type as shown to minimize friction incident to the rotation of the mast, andthe Y means for imparting rotary motion thereto, as illustrated rin the drawings, consists of a gear 22 fixed to the mast in mesh with a' worin 2-,tcarriedv by a'shaft 23 which is actuatable by a crank '25 to impart rotary movement' alternately in opposite directions to. the gear and hence to the mast, The means' for communicating rotary motion to the mast is conveniently located beneath the platform as shown in Figure 1 where it `is out-of the way and is incons'picuous.` v The car obviously is susceptible ofl considerable modification iii design but in epssential features is provided with seating ac'- coinmodatioiis as shown at 29 arranged in a circle or annular' series: around the mast which constitutes the axis of movement of the Car, the supporting cables 21 extending to the periphery of the car and after passing,

through guidel eyes 30^at the upper edges of theseatbacksare secured to attaching eyes 81 at the bottom or Hoor of the car. the cables which support the car are secured to the head 2O so that when the mast is rotated rotary `motion lis communicated through the head and the cables to the car to rotate the car on the axis represented by the mast, the car is capable of an independ-v ent Vrotary movement, so that if the mast ,is'rotated as for example by means of the operating device consisting of the crank 25 and its connections, the movement of the ymast in one direction being continued until it is taken up by the car through the cables 21, and then the movement of the operating crank is reversed to turn the mast in the opposite direction, the car after winding the supporting cables thereof Von the mast for a short distance will reverse its direction of rotation and following the reversal of movement of the operating crank will/unwind its cables from the mast and then rewind them in the opposite direction. rlherefore, if the alternate rotation of the crank 25 in opposite directions, begun gradually and with a coinparatively short amplitudeof movement, is gradually increased, a gradually increasing range of rotary movement of the car or carriage may be produced, each winding of the cables uponthe mast being-accomplished by an elevation of the car, until a comparatively rapid movement of the car is effected,'said movement consisting in the alternate'rotation thereof in opposite directions through several turns or revolutionsV accompanied by an upward anddownward moveinentas the cables are respectively wound and unwound and then rewound, to impart to the occupants of the car a sensation which is a combination of that obtained from the ordinary carrousel and with that of the Well known raZzle-dazzle. Obviously when the desired extent of movement of the car has been effected the operation of the crank may be stopped and the car permitted to gradually reduce in movement until it reaches a state is carried by the car and loosely embraces the mast.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is l. An amusement device having a vertically revoluble mast and means for communicating rotary motion thereto, a car revolubly mounted concentric with and independently of the mast, the car having an anf milarlyarranged seat provided with an upstanding annular back arranged at the periphery of the car, spaced guide eyes disposed at thel upper edge ot' the back, attaching eyes secured to thel periphery of the car and disposed respectively below the guide eyes; and supporting cables anchored at one end to the mast adjacent the upper end of the latter and having the other ends extending through the guide eyes and secured to the attaching eyes.

2. An amusement device having a vertically revoluble mast and means vfor communicating revoluble movement thereto, a car revolubly mounted concentric with and independently of ythe mast and provided with an upstanding sleeve surrounding the mast for sliding and rotary movement thereon, a cushioning device carried by the mast for impact with the extremity of the sleeve, said cushioning device comprising an upper fixed collar and a lower movable collar slidable longitudinally of the mast, and a compression spring interposed between said collars and having terminal engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof'he aliixes his signature.

CHARLES O- MOYER- 

